SYDNEY — Properly trained staff, not technology, is the best protection against social engineering attacks on sensitive information, according to security consultant and celebrity hacker Kevin Mitnick ...

Social engineering is arguably one of the most potent and persistent forms of cybercrime. There’s a reason why social engineering is so popular with cybercriminals: Hacking people is a lot simpler ...

TAMPA BAY, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced the establishment of National Social ...

Social engineering is present in 90% of phishing attacks today. However, business email compromise (BEC) attacks stand apart in the cybercrime industry for their emphasis on social engineering and the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Vakulov is a cybersecurity expert focused on consumer security. Mar 29, 2025, 02:10pm EDT Mar 29, 2025, 02:13pm EDT Text sign ...

In recent years, and particularly with the rise in use of social media, cyber criminals have taken to using psychological as well as technical methods of attack. Human beings, after all, are ...

The FBI warned today of North Korean hacking groups aggressively targeting cryptocurrency companies and their employees in sophisticated social engineering attacks to deploy malware designed to steal ...

Social engineering takes advantage of the emotions and fallibility of end users rather than relying on technical hacking techniques — and it represents a massive threat to modern organizations.

For over 15 years I have been focused on this field called social engineering, and after all this time, we are at a point in human history where we will start to discuss these tactics from a ...

Have you ever interacted with someone over the phone or via email, and based on the name you see, the words chosen, and the sound of their voice, you construct a mental image of what they look like, ...

A campaign of cyber attacks orchestrated via social engineering against users’ Salesforce instances is now being attributed to the ShinyHunters cyber crime gang with growing confidence, and the list ...

Cybersecurity giants and the FBI warn that the notorious hacking group is now targeting the aviation sector with advanced social engineering tactics, raising alarms during peak travel season. A data ...